View Single Post
Old 04-10-2008   #4 (permalink)
Brandon Shell [MVP]
Guest


 

Re: Active directory search

Karl... just remember that findall() doesnt return DirectoryEntry and it
acts different. To get a DirectoryEntry you need to call the
GetDirectoryEntry() method on the returned object.

p.s. dont use objectclass

"Karl Mitschke" <kmitschke@xxxxxx> wrote in message
news:7063857f344588ca693ce0bc2465@xxxxxx
Quote:

> Hello Swamy,
>
Quote:

>> Hi,
>>
>> without specifying the complete DN of an object and using
>> [ADSI]"LDAP:// "
>> provider can i serach an object? assuming my AD has many OU and users
>> are
>> spread across many OU?
>
> $username = "swamy"
> $searcher = new-object DirectoryServices.DirectorySearcher([ADSI]"")
> $searcher.filter = "(&(objectClass=user)(sAMAccountName= $UserName))"
> $searcher.findall()
>
>